Weather Records on 23 April 2020

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 2020. Highest significance: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU.

Key Facts for 23 April 2020

On 23 April 2020, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 522 daily.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 23 April 2020.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 23 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeyville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dothan Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tolka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Napas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakchar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yibin	China	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Catalina AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freeport 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yan An	China	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandong	China	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 2020

Top 20 records on 23 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 2020	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2020	Addison, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 April 2020	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	W Monroe, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Valdosta Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Annex Creek, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Oakley Exp STN, US	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Santa Maria di Leuc, IT	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Coffeyville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Dothan Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Kremmling, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Juneau Dwtn, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Startup 1 E, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Aleksandrovskoe, RU	monthly high max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Talladega, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Marianna Muni AP, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 2020	Paradise, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1800 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2020. 2020 had 564 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	424
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1